Re: LF: Re: semiconductor switches, was "Pre-amps on LF"

[Rik Strobbe <rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be>]

> It is now starting to look easier to start from scratch by building
> a new LF RX or simply to continue using the external preamp.
>
> 73
> Joe VO1NA
Hello Joe,

maybe is less work to build an up-convertor to HF and use the existing RX 
at HF.
Using a widely available (and thus cheap) 10MHz xtal you end up right in 
the 30m band (10.137kHz).
As the RX is probably very sensitive at 10MHz maybe you can do without any 
amplification at LF, just a bandpass filter and a mixer (preferably passive 
DBM, minicircuits has some nice and cheap building blocks).
73, Rik ON7YD